ABOUT FOOTSTEPS
Footsteps was founded in 2001 by Martin and Mary Print. Mary died in October 2023. Her legacy lives on as we continue helping desperately poor children in the country in which Martin grew up. Five trustees run the charity in their spare time and visit Kenya regularly at their own expense to check on progress, helped by many, many amazing people.
Where we work
Our projects are in Kenya – a land of extremes of fabulous natural beauty and extreme poverty. It is one of the poorest countries in the world with 40% unemployment and 50% of people living below the poverty line (source: CIA World Factbook).
Naivasha: Sunshine Rehabilitation Centre, Sunshine Ultra-vulnerable programme, and the Naivasha Polytechnic. Nearby tourist attractions include Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru (famous for flamingos), and the Masai Mara national reserve.
Mombasa: Tumaini Children’s Home, Tumaini Primary and Secondary Schools, and our Future Focus higher education programme. Nearby you can enjoy the wonderful beaches and the old town of Mombasa.
Nairobi: Church on the Rock School and Imani pre-school. The capital of Nairobi with a national park right on the edge of the city, plus the Karen Blixen museum, animal orphanage, giraffe sanctuary and other attractions.
Simon and Rebecca Kinyanjui
Ruth and Bernard Ndetei
Glyn and Jane Davies
Charles and Mary Osaleh
Our partners:
We only work with trusted in-country partners:
Pastor Bernard and Ruth Ndetei founded and direct the Church on the Rock School in the Kware slum, Nairobi.
Glyn and Jane Davies are English missionaries based in Mombasa. Footsteps International worked jointly with their charity Education for Life to build the Tumaini Centre in Mombasa. They run the Tumaini School, and oversee the Tumaini Children’s Home, Mombasa.
Charles and Mary Osaleh are house-parents to the orphans at Tumaini Children’s Home. They manage their extended family with a combination of warm love and military precision!
Martin Print is a co-founder of Footsteps International (with his late wife Mary)
Paul Robinson is CEO of a large Christian charity
Wendy Print is a retired occupational therapist
Barrie Francis is a retired water engineer
Ben Gardner is ICT manager at a large Christian charity
Our trustees
Our trustees are all Christians committed to putting their faith into action and to honour Jesus Christ’s requirement to “Love the Lord your God….and your neighbour as yourself.”
All the Trustees are volunteers, and do not receive any reimbursement for their work for the charity. No fares or other travel expenses are paid to the Trustees.
Raised in Kenya, Martin Print is a retired business consultant. Prior to starting Footsteps, he and his late wife Mary helped run a successful charity that provided homes for deprived children in India.
Paul Robinson is CEO of a large charity that supports persecuted Christians world-wide.
Barrie Francis is a retired water engineer with a passion for helping young people in need.
Ben Gardner is an ITC manager and has visited Kenya on several occasions.
Wendy Print is a retired occupational therapist who has a passion for helping severely disadvantaged people in Kenya. She demonstrated her committment to our work by doing a sponsored sky-dive to raise funds.
